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but that hasn't stopped him from giving advice to joe biden. >> what's your message to joe biden, about tomorrow night? >> well, i -- you know, i think joe needs to be joe. congressman ryan is... a smart and effective speaker. but his ideas are the wrong ones. and joe understands that. >> sean: so, should vice-president biden take his boss's advice? joining us, our political panel, michael crowley, bobcu sack john mccormick. michael, joe will be joe -- is that good advice? >> up to a point. there is good joe and bad joe. so joe needs to moderate his joe-ness. his strength is that i think he can come across as a little bit more of an every man than the president and he will go after paul ryan on the ryan plan and the budget that ryan and romney are running on, saying it favors the wealthy and it will cut medicare, a very popular entitlements program. you don't want joe doing his gaffe thing, getting carried away. i think he does that more often in crowd it's. >> and speeches. >> he is pretty goods in the debates and against palin last time around. >> i think there is -- it's a fascinatin
but that hasn't stopped him from giving advice to joe biden. >> what's your message to joe biden, about tomorrow night? >> well, i -- you know, i think joe needs to be joe. congressman ryan is... a smart and effective speaker. but his ideas are the wrong ones. and joe understands that. >> sean: so, should vice-president biden take his boss's advice? joining us, our political panel, michael crowley, bobcu sack john mccormick. michael, joe will be joe -- is that good advice?...
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joe biden. >> oh, joe biden probably uncle owen. >> cenk: i don't remember uncle owen. >> who was my surrogate father. supportive, a little bit surly. >> cenk: that's funny we went with chewbacca because he's enthusiastic passionate, loyal sidekick. >> everybody loves a wookie. i'm not talking to people with news busters but everybody loves joe biden. >> cenk: how about obama. >> he's very wise. he has got this sort of probably across between obi wan and yoda. i so revere him. i'll go with obi wan. >> i respect him as well, so we decided he was luke skywalker. >> oh my gosh. >> cenk: the guy who was going to heal the planet. >> that's right. which is mocked by the right. what is so terrible. >> cenk: it would be great if we healed the planet. it would be terrific. mark hamill. thank you so much. we appreciate it. and the elbow of the day. oh, eliot spitzer. >> eliot: you almost forgot about it. cenk, i'm not going to let you forget that again. your you're going to be sitting next to me tomorrow night. you better be nice to me. we have governor granholm coming up about what it's like
joe biden. >> oh, joe biden probably uncle owen. >> cenk: i don't remember uncle owen. >> who was my surrogate father. supportive, a little bit surly. >> cenk: that's funny we went with chewbacca because he's enthusiastic passionate, loyal sidekick. >> everybody loves a wookie. i'm not talking to people with news busters but everybody loves joe biden. >> cenk: how about obama. >> he's very wise. he has got this sort of probably across between obi wan...
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. >> judy, this was the full joe biden. joe biden in full tonight. what you saw this evening, here at centre colleges with what people who have been watching him on the campaign trail, not just this year but the last 40 years in american politics has seen. he is demon strattive, at times over the top. he is what he is. some folks like t others don't. but it's raw, it's authentic and it's certainly real. look, i think he had some clear blows tonight on paul ryan, on substance, certainly on the issue about whether or not ryan wanted to have a stimulus in wisconsin for his district. on question about its entitlements in this country, certainly on the romney comment over the 47% of americans who don't pay taxes. the big question to me is was biden's bidenism, his mannerism, his reaction on so many of those shots that we saw on our tv screen tonight, does that overshadow some of what i think were some good moments of substance tonight for democrats. >> you're home tonight in kentucky but you have been spending time on the road traveling not only with mitt
. >> judy, this was the full joe biden. joe biden in full tonight. what you saw this evening, here at centre colleges with what people who have been watching him on the campaign trail, not just this year but the last 40 years in american politics has seen. he is demon strattive, at times over the top. he is what he is. some folks like t others don't. but it's raw, it's authentic and it's certainly real. look, i think he had some clear blows tonight on paul ryan, on substance, certainly on...
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that joe biden was so aggressive. there were surprises there. i was surprised at paul ryan, that he didn't jump in more. that was clearly the strategy. when you walk off, you're not sure how it went. >> we have to take a quick break. we'll be back in 60 seconds to hear about whether a presidential debate has changed your vote. first, a look at the 1988 debate. >> i don't see this, incidentally, as a democrat or republican or liberal or conservative idea. i see an involvement by 1,000 points of light. >> 1,000 points of light, i don't know what that means. >> all i can say is, we are on the track. we're getting the job done. we can do more. but let's stay the course. 1,000 points of light. >> governor dukakis, rebuttal? >> i can't believe i'm losing to this guy. >> i can't believe i'm losing to this guy. choose to do. you do what you do... because it matters. at hp we don't just believe in the power of technology. we believe in the power of people when technology works for you. to dream. to create. to work. if you're going to do something. make i
that joe biden was so aggressive. there were surprises there. i was surprised at paul ryan, that he didn't jump in more. that was clearly the strategy. when you walk off, you're not sure how it went. >> we have to take a quick break. we'll be back in 60 seconds to hear about whether a presidential debate has changed your vote. first, a look at the 1988 debate. >> i don't see this, incidentally, as a democrat or republican or liberal or conservative idea. i see an involvement by...
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joe biden just needs to be joe biden. >> reporter: they described his mood as upbeat. whether joe biden and ryan uses first names, remains to be scene. the moderator will introduce him as congressman, although he is far less experienced than joe biden, ryan's advisers don't seem worried. >> he can talk about all his years in washington, all the multiple times he has run for president, the tough decisions he has made. they have a record that is bad for the country, he will have to defend it. >> what he can't run from is the president's record. >> reporter: aides say mr. ryan spent the afternoon relaxing with family, working in time for last minute studying. he even hit the gym, just as an old-time picture hits the stands, and a pep talk from his seven-year-old son, sam. now we're on the college campus, of course, which means certain traditions need to be upheld. a couple of days ago, a student brought the picture of fred vincent into the debate hall. he has not missed a home football game here since he passed away. now finally, president obama will watch tonight's debat
joe biden just needs to be joe biden. >> reporter: they described his mood as upbeat. whether joe biden and ryan uses first names, remains to be scene. the moderator will introduce him as congressman, although he is far less experienced than joe biden, ryan's advisers don't seem worried. >> he can talk about all his years in washington, all the multiple times he has run for president, the tough decisions he has made. they have a record that is bad for the country, he will have to...
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what do you expect from this week's vice presidential debate between joe biden and paul ryan in. >> well, i am sure tha vice president biden got a phone call from the white house, and said, you know, look, we didn't go after governor romney as much and you have to turn up the heat. because, you know, the debates are about controlling the ground. whoever is viewed as the one who controls the debate, who is on the offense and i don't necessarily mean attacking your opponent, governor romney didn't attack the president the entire night. governor romney stayed on his message, and, whoever stays on message is going to be viewed as the victor and so i'm sure that vice president biden has been coached to get back on message and to go after paul an, now, how much he can do that, we'll see. and, you know, i'm sure that congressman ryan has been preparing on the policy side and preparing mentally for this and it is the first time he'll have been on the stage and, you know, i think both men will be prepared. >> chris: briefly looking ahead to the next presidential debate on october 16th, nine days
what do you expect from this week's vice presidential debate between joe biden and paul ryan in. >> well, i am sure tha vice president biden got a phone call from the white house, and said, you know, look, we didn't go after governor romney as much and you have to turn up the heat. because, you know, the debates are about controlling the ground. whoever is viewed as the one who controls the debate, who is on the offense and i don't necessarily mean attacking your opponent, governor romney...
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in 2008. >> but this is a high wire act with joe biden. they are going to be pouring cola down his throat. they'll have a couple of days of bad polling. you have ryan who is very impressive but hasn't done this before. and biden who is a high wire act in an attack mode, which isn't always his natural place. it will make for a good -- >> if i can ask you this, hilary. there is an immediate reaction to these debates about, wow, how do you feel? there is so much information. and this was such a sconstant substantivive debate between romney and the president. you can't score that at all. there is an initial impression and a second impression that develops over time. how does that factor? we've seen it. they are going to try to grind down romney on the idea that he is a chia chameleon, who do you trust, to he really performed well. >> well, the group of undecideds showed that they didn't necessarily change their vote one way or the other. i think when you have -- paul ryan is not going to be able to do what mitt romney did. he was the chairman
in 2008. >> but this is a high wire act with joe biden. they are going to be pouring cola down his throat. they'll have a couple of days of bad polling. you have ryan who is very impressive but hasn't done this before. and biden who is a high wire act in an attack mode, which isn't always his natural place. it will make for a good -- >> if i can ask you this, hilary. there is an immediate reaction to these debates about, wow, how do you feel? there is so much information. and this...
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he knew that joe biden was going to be very aggressive about it. people are scoring it a lot of different ways. i'd like to take another look at it later tonight, but i think that joe biden certainly came with a game, with a narrative, exactly what the president did not have last week. >> and, david, andrea correctly puts the burden -- mentions the burden on ryan, but the burden on biden as we've been saying, to make up for some admittedly lost ground last week. >> yeah, and i think that's why early on you saw the advantage. again, it could be interpreted as being rude or condescending, but he was swarming all over ryan. notice what he did tonight. he would not let anything pass to go up challenged. he made a deliberate effort to say i'm going to correct you here. here are the facts. he kept doing it over and over again. as a debating matter, it sort of stopped ryan's flow. again, a lot of the president's backers wanted to see that kind of assertiveness. i still think the president will probably take it a step back when he gets to it. >> the visual
he knew that joe biden was going to be very aggressive about it. people are scoring it a lot of different ways. i'd like to take another look at it later tonight, but i think that joe biden certainly came with a game, with a narrative, exactly what the president did not have last week. >> and, david, andrea correctly puts the burden -- mentions the burden on ryan, but the burden on biden as we've been saying, to make up for some admittedly lost ground last week. >> yeah, and i think...
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>> democrats said they wanted to let joe biden be joe biden and heave that and more. he was pugnacious. he was combative. and he took ryan at every turn. he tried to have the last word on every single issue whether it was libya, iran, afghanistan, taxes, medicare. and i think the goal for joe biden was to play cleanup after last week's lackluster debate performance by president obama. and that was his goal tonight and he hit a lot of key points that obama failed to make in that last debate. >> pelley: what vice president biden had to do is act as a circuit breaker, essentially. the romney campaign came out of that first debate in denver with a great deal of momentum and it was biden's job to be a firewall, to break that momentum, john dickerson. >> he did it for democrats. i think democrats are going to run this back on their tivos and watch the greatest hits. he touched on the 47%. he talked about detroit. he talked about the duplicity he sees in the romney campaign. president obama said his fault was that he was too polite. joe biden cannot be faulted for being too
>> democrats said they wanted to let joe biden be joe biden and heave that and more. he was pugnacious. he was combative. and he took ryan at every turn. he tried to have the last word on every single issue whether it was libya, iran, afghanistan, taxes, medicare. and i think the goal for joe biden was to play cleanup after last week's lackluster debate performance by president obama. and that was his goal tonight and he hit a lot of key points that obama failed to make in that last...
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i think joe biden backed up with all the information. i can wanting the other side to give it to me. they did not show its. >> brian caught trying to do decorum. you cannot do that. the moderator allow in more freestyle session. by then did his job. he needed to push. whether it was rude or not he pushed a lot. i saw the straight away. paul wright and needed to come back in could have said i am sorry, your not correct. he is trying to be polite. >> watch and engaged with c- span. >> this is not about governor bush or me. it is about you. i want to come back to something i have said before. if you want somebody who believed we were better off eight years ago than we are now and we ought to go back to the policies we had back then, here is your man. if you want somebody who will fight for you and will fight to have middle-class tax cuts, then i in your band. i want to be. i doubt anybody here makes more than three under $30,000 a year. if you do, you are -- $330,000 a year. if you are, you are in the top%. if everyone here in this audience
i think joe biden backed up with all the information. i can wanting the other side to give it to me. they did not show its. >> brian caught trying to do decorum. you cannot do that. the moderator allow in more freestyle session. by then did his job. he needed to push. whether it was rude or not he pushed a lot. i saw the straight away. paul wright and needed to come back in could have said i am sorry, your not correct. he is trying to be polite. >> watch and engaged with c- span....
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joe biden does not. because he believes that a faith that has so little regard for the poor and the marginalized is no faith at all. script tour teaches us nobody is perfect, neither paul ryan nor the vice president. but in mathews gospel christ warns us about being deceived. and the test is not what you say, it's what you do. watch out for false prophets, they come to you in sheep's clothing. but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. by their fruit, you will recognize them.
joe biden does not. because he believes that a faith that has so little regard for the poor and the marginalized is no faith at all. script tour teaches us nobody is perfect, neither paul ryan nor the vice president. but in mathews gospel christ warns us about being deceived. and the test is not what you say, it's what you do. watch out for false prophets, they come to you in sheep's clothing. but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. by their fruit, you will recognize them.
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you will not rattle joe biden. joe biden has been on the national stage. he has run for president, and he is the sitting vice president. i hope to offer people an alternative. joe is very good on the attack. joe is very good at trying to confuse the issues, so that the person who leaves the debate is confused about who stands for what. my job is to make sure they are not confused about what we stand for and what they stand for. >> you have said he was -- you have your stand and as the guy who won bush v. gore -- your stand-in. >> i hope joe biden shows up more than ted olson, because this is one of the best litigators in america. he has studied joe biden's record and style, and ted, as you know, is one of the best litigators in america and is pretty good at adapting to that. >> have you got lines already prepared? >> i am not really a line guy. i'm a gut guy. i do not try to be anything other than what i am. i believe what i believe, and i do what i do, and i believe in the policies we are pursuing. at the end of the day, i am going to go in and be me. >>
you will not rattle joe biden. joe biden has been on the national stage. he has run for president, and he is the sitting vice president. i hope to offer people an alternative. joe is very good on the attack. joe is very good at trying to confuse the issues, so that the person who leaves the debate is confused about who stands for what. my job is to make sure they are not confused about what we stand for and what they stand for. >> you have said he was -- you have your stand and as the guy...
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vice president biden with joe biden will be in wisconsin at 2:45 eastern time. paul ryan will be with mitt romney in lancaster, ohio, at 5:40 p.m. both of them will be airing on c-span. right now, it is time for us to play, in its entirety, tonight's presidential visit vice- presidential debate in kentucky. -- tonight's vice presidential debate in kentucky. i am martha raddatz. i am honored to moderate this debate between the two men who have dedicated much of their lives to public service. it is divided between domestic and foreign policy issues. i will move back and forth between foreign and domestic. we will have nine different segments. at the beginning of each segment, i will ask both candidates a question and they will each have two minutes to answer. i will encourage discussion between the candidate with follow-up question. it has been determined that the vice president biden will be first to answer the opening question. we have a wonderful audience here at centre college. right now, we welcome vice president joe biden and congressman paul ryan. [applause
vice president biden with joe biden will be in wisconsin at 2:45 eastern time. paul ryan will be with mitt romney in lancaster, ohio, at 5:40 p.m. both of them will be airing on c-span. right now, it is time for us to play, in its entirety, tonight's presidential visit vice- presidential debate in kentucky. -- tonight's vice presidential debate in kentucky. i am martha raddatz. i am honored to moderate this debate between the two men who have dedicated much of their lives to public service. it...
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people who thought that joe biden was kind of a rude guy before the debate, they still think. that reinforced it. do you really think that the 17 undecided voters left in iowa or ohio who saw that debate and went that joe biden, man, he sure is mean. i'm not voting for him. >> it probably didn't have a great impact. actually, i do think the debates have mattered an awful lot. "new york times" today nate silver, hardly a conservative reporting that really the race has taken a very different trajectory. that bounce after the first debate is continuing on. there has been about a four or five-point shift in the race following that debate. i don't think like some people on the right that that is permanent or that that is a lock. but the race changed fundamentally after that debate. and the president's job next tuesday is see if he can change it back. >> kevin, what does the president to v to do on tuesday to do that? >> the president has to decide if he still wants to be president. i mean that bizarre performance. >> he needs the fire in the belly. >> that bizarre performance signa
people who thought that joe biden was kind of a rude guy before the debate, they still think. that reinforced it. do you really think that the 17 undecided voters left in iowa or ohio who saw that debate and went that joe biden, man, he sure is mean. i'm not voting for him. >> it probably didn't have a great impact. actually, i do think the debates have mattered an awful lot. "new york times" today nate silver, hardly a conservative reporting that really the race has taken a...
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i guess there is a lot of pressure on joe biden. everyone says it doesn't matter, like they told us it didn't matter last week. the only way to stop the momentum and the punishing polls that are coming the president's way is to go ahead and answer for the president what the president didn't do last week. the vice president has got to come out and go after paul ryan as if he's mitt romney. he's got to be able to answer these questions. the problem is you have probably one of the strongest debaters on the republican party and almost everyone agrees. even people like bowles and senator simpson have come out and said this guy is unbelievable. you're going to ask joined, who had a -- joe biden, who has had a bad a month as any, to be decks truss on his feet. >> steve: remember with sarah palin, he was affable. >> brian: because it was sarah palin. he's going to be blue collar joe biden. >> steve: joe beer can. >> brian: not the gentle one. >> gretchen: it is a fine line between being overly aggressive which is the role of the vice presid
i guess there is a lot of pressure on joe biden. everyone says it doesn't matter, like they told us it didn't matter last week. the only way to stop the momentum and the punishing polls that are coming the president's way is to go ahead and answer for the president what the president didn't do last week. the vice president has got to come out and go after paul ryan as if he's mitt romney. he's got to be able to answer these questions. the problem is you have probably one of the strongest...
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[inaudible] >> after tonight's vice presidential debate joe biden and paul ryan leave kentucky for campaign events in the midwest. vice president biden has a campaign rally in wisconsin tomorrow and congressman ryan through ohio for rallies tomorrow and saturday and then it's off to minnesota for a fund-raiser. then he returns to his home state of wisconsin on sunday. >> four years ago, we went through the worst financial crisis since the great depression. millions of jobs were lost in the auto industry was on the brink of collapse. the financial system had frozen up and because of the resilience and the determination of the american people we have begun to fight our way back or go. >> the president has a view similar to the view he had when he ran four years ago that a bigger government, spending more, taxing more, regulating more, if you will trickle down government, would work. that is not the right answer for america. i will restore the vitality that gets america working again. >> now will look at the role of the spending by super pacs in this years election. we will hear from reporters
[inaudible] >> after tonight's vice presidential debate joe biden and paul ryan leave kentucky for campaign events in the midwest. vice president biden has a campaign rally in wisconsin tomorrow and congressman ryan through ohio for rallies tomorrow and saturday and then it's off to minnesota for a fund-raiser. then he returns to his home state of wisconsin on sunday. >> four years ago, we went through the worst financial crisis since the great depression. millions of jobs were lost...
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dagen: joe biden did do one thing. he went back and started to read frame the conversation and brought up the points the president overlooked in the first debate particularly -- >> 47%, every single answer. when talking about the military or commitment of our soldiers and 47%. i did think most missed their opportunity. you could save at about every debate. to your point in the beginning whether it moves the needle, probably not. last week's debate did. the president is going to want to stop that and at least get people to stop worrying about this ticket. joe biden if he did nothing more than that succeeded. we will see. dagen: great to see you. hold on. make sure tomorrow morning the cost of freedom business block is why i've in washington d.c.. neil: an issue that never came up. the train wreck economy. dagen: on the top of some building with your hair blowing in the wind. neil: it is the helmet. [talking over each other] dagen: people always thought -- dagen: people think you have a rug but you don't. it is true. con
dagen: joe biden did do one thing. he went back and started to read frame the conversation and brought up the points the president overlooked in the first debate particularly -- >> 47%, every single answer. when talking about the military or commitment of our soldiers and 47%. i did think most missed their opportunity. you could save at about every debate. to your point in the beginning whether it moves the needle, probably not. last week's debate did. the president is going to want to...
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but i think joe biden and paul ryan might be very evenly matched because of course joe biden was in the senate for 36 years, because he knows the federal government inside and out. and paul ryan jokes how he has been reading federal budget since he was 22 years old. so they both will have a lot of data, obviously coming at it have different perspectives, but i think they will be very well matched. >> thank you both so much. and back to the white house, mike with a good sunday to you. >> hi, alex. >> let's check out the president's schedule, what does it look like? >> well, he left a very rainy office, and is on his way to california. whenever a democratic president goes to california, that is usually to raise money. and indeed, the president has several fundraisers scheduled in california, in los angeles, including at the nokia center, with jennifer hudson, and katy perry, friends tell me she is pretty cool. he goes on to san francisco, california, for more fundraising in between, and he will be there for a dedication of the national monument, to caesar chavez, a hero. and let me check
but i think joe biden and paul ryan might be very evenly matched because of course joe biden was in the senate for 36 years, because he knows the federal government inside and out. and paul ryan jokes how he has been reading federal budget since he was 22 years old. so they both will have a lot of data, obviously coming at it have different perspectives, but i think they will be very well matched. >> thank you both so much. and back to the white house, mike with a good sunday to you....
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guest: joe biden is loose. he gets in front of a television camera and next to the lectern and he looks as comfortable as he was when he was standing on the side just talking with some people. my guess is his body language by the time this starts and any nerves he has diminished will be relatively comfortable. he will look like somebody who feels good and the role they have. he will look like someone who is not worried about being in a leadership position and taking on his opponent. he will look like a senator, frankly, which is what he was. i think he gives off that impression with his body language. he is someone who likes to give and take, someone who is not scared of paul ryan. i don't know about paul ryan. we have not seen him perform in this particular function. will he be tight? will he be very controlled and contained or appear nervous in front of this national stage? will he look like a person to bog down in the details and without sufficient provision? there was a great moment in the 1980 presidential
guest: joe biden is loose. he gets in front of a television camera and next to the lectern and he looks as comfortable as he was when he was standing on the side just talking with some people. my guess is his body language by the time this starts and any nerves he has diminished will be relatively comfortable. he will look like somebody who feels good and the role they have. he will look like someone who is not worried about being in a leadership position and taking on his opponent. he will...
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congressman paul ryan going up against president joe biden whose experience goes back with the bidding goes back 40 years. the really have much of an impact but tonight could be the big exception. gov. mitt romney announced in the polls after his strong performance. vice-president biden will likely try to make some lost ground up. tonight's topic, domestic and foreign possibilitpolicy. tot will be about the economy. an issue that the pundits say will likely decide this election. each campaign offers a vastly different approach to tackling the tough issues including how to lower the nation's 7.8% unemployment rate and how to rein in the national debt that tops $16 trillion. each nominee has 90 minutes to convince the voters that his to get is the best. from abcs moderator is marth news. >> good evening and welcome to the first and only vice- presidential debate of 2012. sponsored by the commission on presidential debates. i am honored to moderate this debate between two men who have dedicated much of their lives to public service. tonight's debate is divided between divided and domestic
congressman paul ryan going up against president joe biden whose experience goes back with the bidding goes back 40 years. the really have much of an impact but tonight could be the big exception. gov. mitt romney announced in the polls after his strong performance. vice-president biden will likely try to make some lost ground up. tonight's topic, domestic and foreign possibilitpolicy. tot will be about the economy. an issue that the pundits say will likely decide this election. each campaign...
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it was the aggressive joe biden, democrats wanted and it was an aggressive joe biden they got. >> it has been done couple of times >> it has never -- >> [ inaudible ] >> oh, now you are john kennedy. it shouldn't be surprising for a guy who says 47% of americans are unwilling to take responsibility for their own lives. >> biden was caught smirking smiling, and even laughing through much of the debate. not sure how you could not laugh because of the lies coming from ryan. according to the twitter verse biden's most popular remark of the night was when he asked ryan now you are jack kennedy. that lead to more than 7,000 tweets per minute. we will have more on the debates coming up on bill press and on our current news updates. join us in our chat room current.com/bill press. see you there. [ dennis' voice ] i bet he's got an allstate agent. they can save you up to 30% more by bundling your policies. well his dog's stupid. [ dennis' voice ] poodles are one of the world's smartest breeds. are you in good hands? [ ryan ] it doesn't get any better than endless shrimp at red lobster. you ca
it was the aggressive joe biden, democrats wanted and it was an aggressive joe biden they got. >> it has been done couple of times >> it has never -- >> [ inaudible ] >> oh, now you are john kennedy. it shouldn't be surprising for a guy who says 47% of americans are unwilling to take responsibility for their own lives. >> biden was caught smirking smiling, and even laughing through much of the debate. not sure how you could not laugh because of the lies coming from...
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right now, as we welcome, a vice president joe biden and congressmen paul ryan. [applause] >> good evening, gentlemen. it is an honored to be here with both of you. i would like to begin with libya. on a rather somber note, one month ago tonight on the anniversary of 9/11, ambassador stevens and three other brave americans were killed in a terrorist attack in benghazi. the state department has made clear there were no protesters there. it was a preplanned assault by heavily armed men. massivehis a intelligence failure? >> chris stevens was one of our best. we will find and bring to justice the men who did this. we will get to the bottom of it and whatever the facts lead us, we will make clear, whatever mistakes were made will not be made again. you should take a look at his most important responsibility. that is caring for the national security of the country. take a look at how he has handled the issues of the day. on iraq, the president has said he would end the war. governor romney said that was a tragic mistake. we should have left 30,000 troops there. with r
right now, as we welcome, a vice president joe biden and congressmen paul ryan. [applause] >> good evening, gentlemen. it is an honored to be here with both of you. i would like to begin with libya. on a rather somber note, one month ago tonight on the anniversary of 9/11, ambassador stevens and three other brave americans were killed in a terrorist attack in benghazi. the state department has made clear there were no protesters there. it was a preplanned assault by heavily armed men....
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biden had said or not joe biden that al gore had said the same thing to dick cheney and. and that president clinton said the same thing the director of the bush. that being the case dick cheney was put in charge of the counterterrorism task force right after the inauguration and to the best my knowledge that task force never met until september do i have that right there was a principals meeting on september sixth of two thousand and one right so basically back was so disappointing is is that i'm trying to come up with a metaphor that i could say on television. throughout this this entire year of two thousand and one he's been charged with keeping the nation safe they've all been warned that this guy is coming the cia is virtually screaming at them the august sixth memo actually had a human being that accompanied it did it not who they all did all of it ok and looks like you know personal briefings ok and and. and yet george w. bush took the longest vacation in the history of the presidency that august and then after that he still didn't want to go back to washington d.c.
biden had said or not joe biden that al gore had said the same thing to dick cheney and. and that president clinton said the same thing the director of the bush. that being the case dick cheney was put in charge of the counterterrorism task force right after the inauguration and to the best my knowledge that task force never met until september do i have that right there was a principals meeting on september sixth of two thousand and one right so basically back was so disappointing is is that...